Heh heh heh. My cousin once had an orange microbus
from the early 70s that he bought for like $500.
Unfortunately, I don't think it's around anymore.
--- Doug Murray <
doug@...>
wrote:
> This sounds like a great trip! Let me find a 1968
> VW Van...
>
>
> On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 03:56 PM, Michael
> Kaufman wrote:
>
> > No way. Blaine, WA to Campobello Is. is just over
> > 4000 by Mapquest, taking into account all of the
> > stops. Adding a segment of Skagway to Blaine adds
> > 1500 miles. So that makes 5500 miles. A Yukon
> > crossing near Beaver Creek could be done in 1700
> miles
> > (distance to Blaine), which would make 5700. Even
> if
> > you were thinking of a round trip segment from
> Blaine
> > to Yukon to Blaine, you would still only get 7400
> > miles. Any of these figures are much closer to
> 6000
> > than 11,000. Were your calculations done while on
> the
> > aformentioned cocaine? heh heh heh ;)
> >
> > --- m06079 <barbaria_longa@...> wrote:
> >> yes awful high
> >> especially if you move gold rush park from
> skagway
> >> to practically
> >> anywhere else
> >> since that alone could save you over 2000 miles
> of
> >> driving
> >> & make your guess of closer to 6000 miles than
> 10000
> >> correct
> >>
> >> but if you moved gold rush park to the yukon
> >> as it appears you may still be intending to do
> >> then you would be closer to 11000 miles than 6000
> >>
> >> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael
> >> Kaufman"
> >> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> >>> Hmm 10,000 seems an awful high estimate. Closer
> >> to 6,000 I
> >> think.
> >>> But regardless it seems Gold Rush is not the
> park
> >> I was
> >> looking for
> >>> as that borders on BC, not YK.
> >>>
> >>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
> >> "acroorca2002"
> >> <orc@o...> wrote:
> >>>> hahaha
> >>>> hey it wouldnt be impractical to just remember
> >> them
> >>>> would it
> >>>> hahaha
> >>>> as if an alaska to new brunswick motor tour
> >> could actually be
> >>>> done in the same 2 weeks anyway
> >>>> hahaha
> >>>> even without any of the other mentioned side
> >> trips & stops
> >>>>
> >>>> well maybe if you had enough cocaine
> >>>>
> >>>> but it looks like you are already pushing 10000
> >> miles there
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> >> Kaufman
> >>>> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> >>>>> Hmm some of those I think would have to be
> >> precluded
> >>>>> due to practicality. And the Binational tps
> >> would be
> >>>>> more a subject of another trip I think.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> >>>>>> nice lists all
> >>>>>> & if we are really going to do the full
> >> 2week
> >>>>>> great north american border expedition
> >>>>>> without mexico but with a bazuco
> >>>>>> then lets at least remember
> >>>>>> hans island cadk
> >>>>>> isle verte cafr
> >>>>>> & the diomedes ruus
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> also
> >>>>>> the twin virgin idaho british columbia
> >> tripoints
> >>>>>> & others equally causal
> >>>>>> sometimes practically coincident with your
> >> choices
> >>>>>> tho i wont spoil it by telling you which
> >> ones til we
> >>>>>> get close
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug
> >> Murray
> >>>>>> <doug@d...> wrote:
> >>>>>>> I can't believe I missed Haskell, Beebe, &
> >>>>>> Canusa... and lunch
> >>>>>> with the
> >>>>>>> Hurtibuse's! And dinner at Hoagie's Pizza
> >> in
> >>>>>> Newport,
> >>>>>> Vermont.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 10:31 PM,
> >> Michael
> >>>>>> Kaufman
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Nice job. I have been constructing
> >> (made it
> >>>>>> several
> >>>>>>>> months ago and added here and there) my
> >> own list
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> very similar to yours. Though there are
> >> a few
> >>>>>>>> differences.
> >>>>>>>> Here it is:
> >>>>>>>> CA-US:
> >>>>>>>> Gold Rush Int. Park - YK/AK
> >>>>>>>> Pt. Roberts, Peace Arch, 0 Ave.
> >>>>>>>> North Portal, SK - Portal, ND Golf
> >> Course
> >>>>>>>> International Peace Gardens
> >>>>>>>> International Peace Park - Waterton
> >> Glacier,
> >>>>>> Alberta
> >>>>>>>> International Falls - MN
> >>>>>>>> Pinecreek/Piney Airport - Pinecreek MN,
> >> Piney MB
> >>>>>>>> Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
> >>>>>>>> Niagara Falls
> >>>>>>>> Zavikon Bridge & 1000 Islands
> >>>>>>>> NY/Que bar with pool table
> >>>>>>>> Haskell, Beebe, Canusa
> >>>>>>>> Campobello - NB/ME
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --- Doug Murray <doug@d...>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> We are definitely due for a Great North
> >>>>>> American
> >>>>>>>>> Border Expedition
> >>>>>>>>> (though, Mexico would not be included
> >> this
> >>>>>> time).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Highlights:
> >>>>>>>>> Stewart BC-Hyder AK ( a toughie, as it
> >> is so
> >>>>>> far
> >>>>>>>>> north)
> >>>>>>>>> Point Roberts
> >>>>>>>>> Sleeping at the Smugglers Inn on Zero
> >> Ave.
> >>>>>>>>> Zero Ave!
> >>>>>>>>> Peace Arch (BC-WA)
> >>>>>>>>> Peace Garden (MB-ND)
> >>>>>>>>> The Pineycreek (MB-MN) Airport
> >>>>>>>>> Angle Inlet
> >>>>>>>>> International Falls, MN - Fort Frances,
> >> ON
> >>>>>>>>> Windsor, ON - Detroit, MI
> >>>>>>>>> Niagara Falls
> >>>>>>>>> The intersection of Douglas & Murray in
> >> Fort
> >>>>>> Erie,
> >>>>>>>>> ON (though for
> >>>>>>>>> personal reasons!)
> >>>>>>>>> Akwesasne Reserve
> >>>>>>>>> The Border Bar (Fort Covington, NY -
> >> Dundee,
> >>>>>> QC)
> >>>>>>>>> The Border Golf Course (ME-NB)
> >>>>>>>>> And Campobello Island (ME-NB)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> 2 weeks for this one!
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Doug
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 06:27 AM,
> >> Peter
> >>>>>> Hering
> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Hello all,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> I've just added a picture to the photo
> >> section
> >>>>>> of
> >>>>>>>>> BP:
> >>>>>>>>>> taken in Ft. Covington - border
> >> Qu�bec/NY.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Wouldn't it be nice to have a real
> >> party
> >>>>>> here??
> >>>>>>>>>> Playing billiards - one leg in each
> >> country,
> >>>>>>>>> drinking bourbon in
> >>>>>>>>>> the US, while smoking a nice cigar in
> >>>>>> Canada...!
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> well, just say when - I'll be there!
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> all yours
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> MafiapeteDk
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Peter Hering
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> de bedste hilsener
> >>>>>>>>>> best regards
> >>>>>>>>>> mit freundlichen Gr�ssen
> >>>>>>>>>>
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